PSY201H5 Lecture Notes - Naturalistic Observation, Frosted Flakes, Random Assignment

16. A hypothesis is an) a unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological functioning. b. set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts, c. testable prediction that gives direction to research. d. observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables.

7. Which of the following methods is most helpful for clarifying cause and effect relationships? a correlational research b. the survey c. naturalistic observation d. the experiment

Why is replication of research important? A) this increases internal validity B) this increases external validity C) this increases psychological validity D) this decreases confounding E) this insures random assignment